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Famous Monsters of Filmland 004 1959 Warren Publishing
Famous Monsters of Filmland 004 1959 Warren Publishing
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OF FILMI-AND
ZACHERLEY
how he became
king of the ghouls
in
new york
THE
MUMMY
printed on
tanna leaves
CHRISTOPHER
\u\
the handsome
Horror
assistant,
is
sore because he
<
wanted
to
this issue
but
was
afraid he'd
draw
flie^
CoJJL^hTbcT^^^^
said you couldn't make a magazine I MONSTERS. as great as said it would only last one issue, the PTA (Peasants of Transylvania Association) would stop it. said, "How could you top it? Where would you get photos for the second issue greater than the first? How could the pictures in #3 surpass those in #2? Would there be enough new material for a 4th number?" (Well, just watch for the sensational Specials, Exclusives and Scoops in #5!) said, "You'd be swamped by cheap, inferior imitations." talk too much. THEM! What do they know about IT? are the ones we listen to, thirsting thousands upon thousands who can't get enough Ghoul-Aid, Choke-late Sodas, Vanilla Milk-Shocks and Coca-Dracolas to soothe your parched throats till the glorious day (today) when you discover the new
HEY
FAMOUS
THEY
THEY
THEY
THEY
YOU YOU
YOU
on Drink ye deep! Quench your thirst! Every page guaranteed to make your mouth water or your tongue replaced free of charge. DR. ACULA & HIS ZOMBIES Forrest J. Ackerman and James Warren
issue
of
FAMOUS MONSTERS
sale!
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to thrilll Thafs 6'3" Ben Chapman ins.de the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK ?r**i!f** black) Jack Kevan, his co-creator, behind him. Kevan has now butit a sea-becut of
LAGOON
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TABLE OF KONGTENTS
"DEAR MONSTERS
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READERS' DIE-JEST
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Kharis.
FORREST
ACKERMAN
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ALL "SHOCK" UP I
"Zach"
is
editor
Back
and
Favorite
New York
GEORGE FRENOY
art director
46
HORRIB-LEE
Dracu-Lee
Glory.
YOURS
JAMES WARREN
publisher
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OF HlMl*MD.
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GRUE-IT-YOURSELF
Gigantic Contest! Last Chance to Create a Disguise that will Scare the Other Guya! Get a Special Hake-Up Kit ta Hake It Easy!
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CLUB DE MONSTRES
That's French for
MONSTERS' CLUB.
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PeAHI^iIsTeR
lifetime, and Forrest Ackerman
YOU' LL NEVER GUESS HOSE
PICTURE THIS IS
It is a bad cl4y for jour editor when the Bailman doesn' draw up In a hearse and deliver a whole casketful of lettors saying how FM nakes its would-be imitatoro look sick, but we can't give prizes for So, who praises us the nost. keep your criticisms, wittlclsRS and sugges.tions for iatprovement coming; and publl-
My Daddy had this picture of himself taken when he was a teenager. When he grew up my
"If FAMOUS MONSTERS had existed when I was 6 years old, I'm sure my dearly beloved crandmother--and she was the last of the angel8--would have bought It for me regularly. Among my fondest memories of her are those of her reading Ghost Stories magazine to me and taking me (ay Grandfather holding my other band) to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. THE CAT AND THE CANARY, etc. Before condemning this magazine, Mr. Hotin. I feel you must prove that Lon Chaney Sr. perverted his life portraying monsters; that Edgar Allan Poe should never have picked up a pen;
Daddy wrote THE ILLUSTRATED HAN. DARK CARNIVAL and other books and movies. My Daddy
is Ray Bradbury.
They have each SCOGNAMILLO. received an enviable selecThe tion of monster stills. First Prize for Best Letter neitlme will be a copy of the actual movie script of DOCTOR DOOH, The Invisible Monster- presented to some lucky PM reader compllnents of the coauthors, Ron Kenner and Gene Coughlln.--Porreat J. Ackerman
RUONA BRADBURV
W.
Universal Studios should be ashamed of its^f for having built a reputation with DRACULA, THE MUMMY, etc; and that Good News Productions, principal producers of religious movies in the USA. had no
Nor. that foto was taken. for that matter, has your editor. .. that' s me in his hand!
--Your Ack
H0 TO UNMAKE A MONSTER? Your article on "How to Become a Monster In 6 Easy Lessona" worked surprisingly iiell--now please rush into print an article on how to
Better become Jiaxffial again! make it in 3 easy lesBons. cuz us monsters ain't noted
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FOR OROAN-UPS ONLV this is the only small portion of the whole
Kids,
issue that probably won' t interest you. It's addressed to parents and educators. Statement from Publisher: Mr. fil-
FROM OUTER SPACE. Quantitatively, a single monster movie must surely influence many times over the number of high school students our magazine does. We but humorously reflect
on what already exists in movie monsterdom," Mr. Hotin, ay Editor (at 42) has never smoked or drunk in his life, has ho police record, is a peace-promoting Esperantist, has received a "Hugo" (the science fiction field's highest award), is regarded as a hero in the home of Ray "Fahrenheit 451" Bradbury (who did the screenplay of MOBY DICK and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE) by Mr. Bradbury's monster-loving daughters, and, to cap the climax, was recently invited to lecture on scifi AND monster movies to the student body of a Los Angeles Jr. Higbl Tlie Defense rests. --James Warren
11am Hotin,
high school
MIKE QtlAROS Westminster, Colo. The way I heard it, you monsters are noted for other people's brBin8l--Ed.
THE MASK OF ACKIB-HANCHU How can I get one of those frightful Forrest J. Ackermen
masks?
teacher of Jaffrey, New Ham p. takes my Editor to task for producing Insidious trasb, recommends he search his conscience instead of his pocketbook before continuing to contribute to the moral degradation of our culture. While appreciating Mr. Hotin's sincere concern with molding the
DAVID STEW ITT Bay Shore, N.Y. If FJA knew how to get rid of his without losing face. I'm sure he'd give it to you, --Dr. Acula
DOING WUT COMES NATCHERLY This is to let you know that "Roland," Philly's former TV horror-host, is now (e)host for New York's SHOCK Theater and is known as "Zacherley." EI1EN POOI Forest Hills, N.Y.
ED, ANY RELATIWi TO FBAMtEN? I must have been hanging upside-down from my rafter for too long, for I find I missed your first issue. To solve this problem why not publish your mag semi-month-
mis
issue!
More,
more,
more.
You're
Gee whiskers,
why'd Gil-
HE* S ONLY KIDDING, MA I think your magazine is the best one is the world. My Mother thinks different, but matter
ing.
super-ghoul- OS sal. EDWARD GOLDSTEIN Montreal, Canada FM has now been stepped up to quarterly appearance. Don' t you think every 7 days would make one weak?--Ed. STORK STARING MAD This is the flrstime I have ever written to a monster on a scroll and this stylus was given to ne personally by Pharoah. Really, to telj you the truth, I an not as old as you think; the pterodactyl dropped me In 1947. CHRISTINA R.D. VANCHERI Pittsburgh. Penna.
Uj\CKBEARD JimCLE
Offl.Y ROBOTS S1EEL When I saw the latest, greateat issue of PM, I got a funny feeling where my heart
SMC
I
SIEVE BURNS
Chicago, 111. We'll bet Steve burns if his Mother reads this letter!
TltEY AX FOR GAY YOUNG BLADE Dear Monster ot an Editor, Sorry, we mean Editor of MONSTER: My girl friends and I are sci*fi horror fans and we saw "Night of the Blood Bees" and thot it was a honey of a picture. Since we usually hear all about actors, actresses, directors, etc. we were wondering if you could write something about the fiendish author, his background, the whole bit. Maybe you could even show his picture. Hope so!
LUCKt am writing a research paper on the origin of such figures as Count Dracula, werewolves
and Frankenstein, and your articles have been a great help. If this information in mj report is good enough to draw an A, well, up to now the people in this town have been slightly on the ghoulish side, and this should rock the balance over to our sidei PAtU EBERSOLE Elizabeth town, Penna.'
used to be, i extended ny right tentacle, snatched it up and ran from the drugstore
--I ran because I couldn't wait to get home to read it, I ran because my Mother told me to get back to the gravebut mainly I ran because I didn't pay any money, JIMMY FIOOD B. Meadow, N.Y, To what punitentlary would you like your life subscription 8ent?--Ed,
o
LOS Angeies,
uaiii.
MICKEY HOUSE CLUB? *3 cover best yet excellent gastrononical, words can' t describe It. (Howabout ghastliBnomical? --Ed. ) I love your mag. It' s doing a lot to spread monsterlsm. Incidentally, I think editor Ackerman looks a lot like Walt Dlsneyas much I hope he will make Money from Monsters as Disney did from Mickey Mouse.
T.
DBACUU GRANIW
Conn.
to
THIS IS A READER? Ah. Paula, if i were wolf would send for you to cone Horrorwood and research my
Oxford,
Watch for
KNIOIT OP ntE BLOOD BEAST Just see any FBI poster for foto of Martin Varno. (In this case FBI means FiendBeast Investigators.) Seriously, here Is a picture of the handsome, talented, 22year-old independently broke genius whose new sci-fi film-
life story at second-hand (my first hand is chained to the typewriter) but, alas, I am only bats. --Dr. Acula
SLOGANSVILI
The Big M. ... is Konsters. Like your pleasure Big? Ride KING KONG. "How to Make Monsters Influence People." Promise Her Anything but Give Her FAMOUS MONSTERS.
NOIHIAN McVEA Burlingame, Calif.
script
Is
"The Brother."
down
his dinner:
in his
throat and
is
threatening
confidential notes
from
tlie
pages of
diary
ghoullywood,
ghoulifornia,
monsters sick?
Is the cycle of monsters pix waning? I'm alarmed. Why, I could foresee only ten new
Throat feeling a little constricted. Otto? Try Dr. Crespi's Crispy-Crunchy Coffdrops. (Otto Kruger with Vickie Lane in JUNGLE CAPTIVE.)
iilms with Monster in the title, and one retitled revival. Of course there are plenty of
It's
Is
he Fraid Astaire? No, it's Foy Van Dolsen, who got that way from living too long on HORROR
the title but only ten with Monster? murder! Write to your Konjjressman today and de-
Beast, Blood,
movies. Wani him the following won't last you very long, and if you don't get more! more!! MORE!!! you're liable to turn into a yourself (Or has it already happened?)
MONSTER
Anyway, here is FAMOUS MONSTERS' genuine list of Marquee Monsters. Under no circumstances disclose this hst to anyone other than a bonafide member of the Famous Monsters Club. Memorize this list, and then
burn your brain.
Dr. Acula
eenie, meanie,
minie, monsters
MONSTER ASSASSIN!
That's the
first
production scheduled from the new KirkhamReed International Corpse oops Corp. Willard Kirkham, the producer, has been
some time,
'^m}]
We
n't
ALL be handsome
like
my
friends the
Mummy
Ordung's 3D picture, ROBOT MONSTER, being re-released under this new title in 2D. THE KIVA MONSTER a horror based on Hopi Indian legends. MOON MONSTER is something sinister lurking on the Dark Side of our earth's own
satellite?
FM
is
Wyott
BROTHER a perhaps nextto-final title for Martin Varno's technicolorful screenplay which he calls "10 times better than my first, NIGHT OF THE BLOOD
BEAST."
just plain monster from 1899 discovered by Lou "I Bury the
MONSTER
Living" Garfinkle.
original Idea, introduce his
Swift's
own
which to
Who
in
Be-
came #3).
FM
Head Man In this Laboratory is Nostradamus, no less) He was the amazing Medieval prophet, but there doesn't seem to be much profit in losing one's head as he has done In THE MAN WITHOUT A BODY.
this story in
beast
"Dear Monster ..." dept. for info on how YOU may win and read the entire script of advance of its production. And last, but far from least, that amazing The Metamorph created by Stuart J. Byrne forMONSTER IN MY BLOOD!
our
EARTH
beastly, eh
in
wot?
So much for the monsters, so what's new beasts, vampires, werewolves and whatnots? BLOOD Well, there'll be a BEAST
FROM ISLAND. And CHOOKNA THE BEAST FROM WORLD'S END. And GIGANTIS
he's the brother of Godzilla, with a perfectly charming, er,
playmate.
There'll be a dandy dragon in the Jim Nicholson Special that will be filmed in Superama and dramacolor in the mysterious Matto Grosso jungle.
EVE AND
THE DRAGON,
billed
Grim and brrr HI (From the 1729 production THE THREE PASSIONS.)
things are
buzzing
FLY was such a biock-buzzer that the inevitable has happened: there's to bee, oops, be a OF FLY. But, as Shakespeare once said {after reading a copy of FM) "To bee or not to bee, that is the question" ; and the answer seems to be which is the new title for INSECT announced here list issue. Susan Cabot, whom you will remember as the beautiful brunet star of
THE
RETURN
:
THE
THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT, plays the
waspish character. Things will no doubt be
bucks-office
humming
hit
at the
too
when
'N'
it's
by
THE
Or THE CRAZY QUILT TERROR, suggested by David Grinnell's short story, "The
HIDEOUS ROCK
Rag Thing."
ROLL CREATURE.
This
is
Takon before
While
this
mish-mash
There's a perfect mish-mash coming up in the Battle of the Masks.
known
known
picture of thot
Gray
will
They say he got this way when FAMOUS MONSTERS was late and he started a-worryin'.
be produced by Alex Gordon. Allied Artists plans a plain one called just
has
registered
the
title
MASK OF TERROR.
There's to be a new BEHIND THE MASK, not to be confused with the Boris Karloff BEHIND THE of 1932 nor the BEHIND THE of 1946 with Kane Richmond nor Peter Lorre in FACE
MASK MASK
THE
Golemesque
Wright.
one
A
company,
bad enough to con-
two's a cloud!
Cloud of Death
is
tend with when it's high in the sky like THE FLYING EYE but when it splits in two (like THE TROLLENBERG TERROR) and starts
When
his hair's
a disgrace and
his face
is
half
gone And
this
is
y>iMT;rS
it
tuff
it's
Gaby Andre
WORLD OF PLANET X
that's
caught
Jn its
web.
down
the mountainside for you that's the time to head for the nearest exit! Actually, these are both the same picture "Eye" is the American title and "Trollenberg" the British. It's about Forrest Tucker as a science
investigator for space-creature
UNO
who
discovers that a
is hidden in a radioactive cloud atop a Swiss Alp. This "thing," which is like an airborne octopus, can only survive where it's extremely cold. The Thing thrives on mountain-climbers and villagers, beheading a couple and possessing two others. Those who become mad puppets under the baleful influence of The Flying Eye eventually have to be destroyed. Threat to the existence of the creature is the presence of a psychic young woman whose mind reaches out and uncovers
'^
the secret existence of the cloud-hidden monster. There is a thrilling climax as the tentacled terror, aware that its life is in danger, moves down the mountainside to destroy its enemies in the Observatory only to be met by a plane dropping fire bombs.
nicholson's
new ones
No issue of MONSTERS would be complete, of course, without announcements from American-International Pix, where prexy Jim Nicholson is always busy fixing to offer further fantastic flickers. As a followup to THE SCREAMING SKULL he'll display THE HEADLESS GHOST; and since he didn't quite get rid of the world in THE
FAMOUS
Fritz,
Colin
Ciive's
OF FRANKENSTEIN?
Don't look now. Mister, but your face is falling opart. (That's Cloyce Bump's body that Eric Jason is snatching.)
DAY THE WORLD ENDED.'^e'U aim at totel destruction in END OF THE WORLD. WOLVES
Nicholson has bought Jack Williamson's great werewolf story, OF DARKNESS. Some of its exciting chapter heads are: "The Tracks in the Snow," "The Pack that Ran by Moonlight," "The Wolf and the
WOMEN." His company is also preparing to do THE WAR OF 1999, Richard Wilson's GIRLS FROM PLANET 5, and a monstercomedy called TAKE ME TO YOUR
LEADER. But
the very biggest announcement of all is (and I'll let Jim Nicholson tell it to you in his own words) "A few months ago many of you read in the supplement to your Sunday paper a special fiction-prediction feature bv Jules Verne called IN THE YEAR 2889. HGWells' great THINGS TO COME only dealt with the wars and wonders of the next 100 years, but Verne's prophecy goes
:
LONDON
f\ ,^^:^^-^^jS^
this
nearly 1000 years into the future. To give exciting Verne property the scope it deserves we are going to film it in CinemaScope and color. We hope it will be as successful as 20,000 LEAGUES THE
UNDER
SEA."
known
Although no decisions have been reached at the time this issue of goes to press, it is that American-International is also studying for possible production such works as Ray Cummings' "Brigands of the Moon." "Interplanetary Hunter" by Arthur K. Barnes, "Power Metal" by Stuart J. Byrne and the late E. Everett Evans' "Alien Minds."
FM
war of
the golem's
Golem. Golem, who's got the Golem? "First of aiy you may ask, "who or what Golem?" Well, it was a legendary android (human-like robot), said to have been constructed in Czechoslovakia during the Middle Ages. The Germans made a film about it in 1914. They liked it so well that they did it over again just 6 years later. Then in 1937 the French collaborated with the Czechs and filmed a version. A few years ago the Czechs did a version all their own.
is thifl
"Kiss me, you mad fooll" cries this high school beauty in BLOOD QF DRACULA, but our reluetcmff hero would appeor to prefer blonds.
THE TERROR
sticks his
And now there's considerable confusion over who'll do version #5, for 3 separate companies are all anxious to do so the Mirisch Co.. Frankel-Davis Co. and Galaxy Pictures! Galaxy is George Pal's organization, and your editor has been assisting him so much with research on the Golem that 1 doubt he will want to abandon the project. But Frankel-Davis say they are preoared to spend $3,000,000 to turn THE GOLEM into a widescreen-color -stereophonic smash hit, and the Miriaches also have big plans. Yes, we knoiv what you little golems would recommend make 'em all the more Golems the gorier!
:
'
i out at hts teacher and starts to bawl. Seems Creature Teacher caught him in class reading a horror magazine obout people and took away his only copy of FRIOHTENINO HUMANS OF EARTHLAND.
title
changes
was what
finally
wound up on the marquee after being variously referred to previously in FM's pages as The Bain Snatckers, Keepers of the Earth and just plain The Keepers. The Last Woman on Earth has been
changed
Insect
to
Woman
AN.
titling of
Kill.
collaboration formerly
carradine
the cosmic
John Carradine is back to scare us, this time arriving from over-crowded s pa ce in a mysterious ball-shaped object. As THE COSMIC his object is to study us Eartiiians and remove our gravity altogether if not satisfied with his findings. Some of the time he's invisible, other times he's vaguely seen as a ghost-like wraith. He destroys several million dollars worth of laboratory equipment at one point. An arc-light almost gets and him at another. See THE COSMIC discover his fate for yourself.
MAN
It looks as if Tor Johnson & Vompiro have the cover of the latest FM.
just
seen
house," Invites Actor Robert Clarke in this speciolly posed picture for FM. "You'll like it there - it's the first home in Horrorwood to hove an air-conditioned dungeon." (You can see Bob in THE
"C'mon-a
my
MAN
SUN DEMON.)
terrorvision
visions
new teleseries from
from the phantom
strange tales)
. . .
Check your channels for a whole host of the spooky to the sputnik,
to the
fathom, such as
TWILIGHT ZONE
(Budd
Bankson's Vemesque adventure series) {weird tales INTO THE by writers like Ray Bradbury) CRATER BASE #1 (lunar adventures 60 years hence as envisioned by such sci-fi writers as AB van Vogt, Edmond Hamilton, Wright, Zimmer Bradley, Weaver Marion Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson, -^tc.) TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN (with episodes by the late Henry Kuttner, the quite alive Jerome Bixby)
. .
UNKNOWN
(Ray Brad(Art
bury',';
. .
Fredric
March
in his
THE HAUNTED
COUNTDOWN
Oliver, L.
. .
Phillips
and
(televersions
classics)
of the Aionzo
.
.
(the Rip
Van
Ronkel series developed from the Geo. Pal production of the same name) MOON PROBE (starring: Wm. Lundigan, space-man of the film RIDERS TO THE
.
.
STARS)
. .
and
THE
FANTASTIC.
moon glow
Seems Moon.
like
everybody's
make
it
on
THE ROAD TO
THE MOON.
himself, in Paris, has
MOON.
of
DAME.)
they'll find
BEHEMOTH
menacfngl"
the
thrillers issues.
list
roundup
Book of things
Here's a last roundup list for your Black to come. Watch for these on your marquees and in our future
THE BEAST FROM ASSUAN. THE STRANGLERf OF BENGAL THE RETURN OF JACK THE RIPPER. NIGHT OF THE GHOULS. THE MAN IN THE RUE NOIR. THE NIGHT PEOPLE (based on Richard
Matheson's vampiric /
duction.
Am
(supematuralism
THE NOMOGLOD
brain of
PYGMY
ISLAND.
Wyott Ordunjr.
RETURN FROM THE RIVER STYX. THE DAY THE CHILDREN VANISHED. THE DAY THE ADULTS VANISHED. THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE
DEVIL
last
3 people on earth
rl\\i^
Dean
Newman has jusf aged 50 years after being touched by THE ducers of THE BLOB. A real skin-wrinkierl
4D MAN, a new
hair-raiser
by the pro-
"Now, son, this won't hurt o bit," says fangs sharpened in no time!"
tlie
dontist to the
dull
The Japanese
spectacles.
take a breath
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD. ROBOTMAN, USA.
INVISIBLE INVADERS. TARZAN, THE APE MAN. H. Rider Haggard's WATUSI. SCENT OF MYSTERY with Peter
H-MAN.
Endore.
DRACULA IN ISTANBUL. THE SHAGGY DOG (Walt Disney). THE MOUSE THAT ROARED. THE EXPERIMENT OF DR. ZAHN. FRANKENSTEIN FROM SPACE (possibly in 3D!).
Lorrc
(mys-
in
scentomascope.
MY WORLD
DIES SCREAMING
new
process, Sub-
MARTIAN FRANKENSTEIN. FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN. HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM. THE CREEPING HAND. THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGAEI.
Son of Kong? No, if s Golem #4, from the Czechoslovakian production of THE GOLEM AND THE EMPEROR'S BAKER. Now 3 producers announce simultaneousiy that they are about to "roll 'em" on GOLEM version #5. Don't miss FM #S for a Progress Report on "The War of the Golems"!
;lDiqYouTlM^
,1I^
7 ^
2^
Dancers in this Waltz Dixzy production ore Warner Oland (left) and Henry Hull, right. They're doing that howllngly hot number. The Werewolf Hop. From the woy Henry is holding his partner's face, he would seem to dig it the most.
nns
stuffad
Is
middle
heads nro on dUploy in the Trophy Room of the editor of FAMOUS MONSrMS. The one in the shirt. of the one ond only reodor who ever criticised on issue of FM. He was formerly o stuffed
LONG, LOUD
SILENCE.
remakes of
THE PHANTOM
JACK,
THE WOLF-MAN
MR. HYDE.
Kornbluth).
AND
SHADOW MONSTER.
KILLER CORPSE.
Jules Verne's
BLUEBEARD GENIUS
ISLAND.
TAKEOFF
dstruction of
WORLD.
by Wil.
THE UNSEEN.
You AXED
'-*
i
We've seen a few Menes from WHITE ZOMBIE, do you have any from ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY?LaMARR,
would like to see u .'ovo of otte oi .i.^ Jiiends in your magazine.-I.C. YETI, Peak Inn, Himalayan Mountains. Here he is, a SNOW CREATURE, peekin' out of his cave.
I
abominable?)
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When
Burnl'^
DOLL)
In-
credible Shrrnking Girl in It. I'd like to see one of those scenes again. G. GORDON DEWEY. (Here she Is, Gordon, shrinking In terror from the late Henry B. Walthal.)
I remember Lon Choney and Charles Laughton's interpretation of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME but missed Anthony Quinn's. Could you
show
his
makeup?
HUGO VICTOR.
which has the Tony?)
question;
(Isn't
Quinn
once heard there was a Spanish version of DRACULA ond would be very curious to see how the star compared with Bela Lugosi. If you
I
can
fulfill
this wish,
in
return will
send you my recipe for bat tamales. -PHYLLIS FARKAS. (We had to search high and lew to satisfy your request, and it was finally low where we found this foto of CARLOS VILLARIAS as Count Drocuia: in a casket in Mexico! We would appreciate your recipe for
making super-natural tamales, but in order to stuff them with bat meat don't you first have to cast a net over a bot? And unfortuncrtely
we
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CCMTiMUEl
wondr if my son "Dynamite" is your youngest fan? He's only 5 but already a vetercm of TV monsters fike MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, GODZILL4^nd KING KONG. He's
I
o little tee young to write for himself, but know he'd get o kick out of seeing a picture of King Kong just for himself and a couple of thousond other youngsters. JAMES V. TAURASI. [Wish granted, for "DynamHe" and a couple of hundred thousand like him, give or take a few years, altho guest it would be mostly gtve as if we took away many years from 5 it would be a very small tyke indeed! Here's a bust of Kong as he appeared in all his glory in the fore< court of the world famous Grauman's Chinese theater In Hollywood when the public first made its acquaintance with him, long before Jimmy Tauroti Jr. was bom.)
I
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The following
bits of
wits-dumb were
lifted
from con-
dead comments contained in letters from our ribbers, er, readers. For each cleaver quotation (they're the kind that cut close to home) we will give the writer a one-way train ticket to Trainsylvania.
ALICIA ARIA ai Polo Alto, torn on my TV "Every time great Lugosi film.
I
Calif., reports:
WARNING TO DRACULA
by SYLVIA TRANSVANIA
(age 12) Droc be 'nimble, Droc don't quake, Droc jump over The candle-stake.
"I
set
get a re-
vival of
I'm so
happy
with
me,"
Franken-stain?"
"My
son
Tom
is
Indianapolis housewife. DELL, tells us. "Not monster movies like a normal boy, not my Tom; no, oil the time opera. All his schoolmates tease Tom. They call him the Fan, Tom, of the pera."
"It
isn't
MRS. ROBERTA
MAE
nite.
It
Tin-Tin
sow a doggone good movie the other was the super-great grandson of Rinin THE CURS OF FRANKENSTEIN.
i
bull,
By Collie, was terrier-fied, and that's no dog. "-MAX MANDELBAUM, N. Y. "How are Things at your house?"-EDDIE
the
off,
ACKERMAN,
it's the coffin they carry you off in." JOSt MILLER.
"I
to visit Tran-
Neighborhood Monster Fan #1 ond no known relation to Forrest J. Ackerman. "You know who should hove been the
heroine
in
sylvanial"
DAVID ELYK
of
Pots-
just
darn. N.
of
"I had a dream that was the greatest thrill my life. dreamt met YOU Forrest Ackerman - editor of FAMOUS MONSTERS, and you let me sit on your lap! H v^as the greatest charge: bolts and volts literally fiew thru me. Of course, at the time you were
I I
figured it out. Judy Gore-land." - 5ABRA YOLA JARDINE. "\ think you have the greatest magazine in the country, and that's where it ought to stay in the country. Things ore already monstrous enough in the big cities." ROBERT BLOCH. (Of course not the Robert Bloch;
sitting
in
your
lurk
fovorite
electric
chair."
Bobby Bioch
SHERRY FARKAS,
"Always
Phila., Pa.
"As one ghoul said to another, 'He nibbled on things man was not meant to gnaw.'"
MIKlE
KUMIKO, Hawaii.
ing
SULLIVAN, Brooklyn.
my
feeth
into!'
"-MIKE
is
ALI
KAHN,
Reporterjville,
Calif.
"Why
in
a missile-launching
like
Dracula
JOMMY
to
"I just
Count down." KROSZ, Vogt City, Ontario, Canada. heard a shaggy werewolf story and my mind that's going too darn fur!"
coffin? Both require a
BARBARA AGBERG.
"I'm
confused.
last nite,
in
After
seeing
o
I
monster
movie
thing
'fine
my
girlfriend
mumbled some-
ear that sounded like was a do you suppose she could 'fiend ish'?"-ZEKE LEPPIN. is a skeleton in the closet of Grace Skully?"-JEANNETTE PERdish'
my
but
five
For each monstrous saying quoted in this department, FM will pay hundred dracu/ars. This sum will be deposited in the name of the
Bank of Transylvania.
im-ho-tep
Ka
For 6
fioiu
3727
and
still
years old
going strong!
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Boris Karlott,
The Original
Mummy,
of nearly
4000 years.
If
man
tologist.
into
mummy
;
Egypt. The great desert, burial place of the ancient kings. Three men are seeking knowledge of the pastSir Joseph Whempie, leader of the expedition young Norton, his assistant; and Dr. Muller, a famous Egyp-
an unknown
One eye was all Lon Chaney.could use in his costume for THE MUMMY'S CURSE, so when he got a speck of dust in It, Virginia Christine, his leading lady, went to his rescue immediately.
Upon close examination, an unusual fact is noted about the mummy in the casket: the usual scar made by the embalmer's knife was not there, indicating that the man died in some sensationally unpleasant manner struggling in his bandages buried alive! "He was sentenced to death not only ifi this world," interprets Dr. Muller, "but the next," as he explains the meaning of the missing sacred spells which have been chipped off the coffin. "This man, Im-ho-tep, must have been condemned for some grave offense against the Pharaoh, for which he was doomed to a living death, sent to the Underworld (what the Egyptians called the Afterlife) without protection for his sou! on the long and perilous journey." Sir Whemple and his assistant are eager to open the golden box, which they believe may contain the answer to the mystery, but Dr. Muller warns against it, translating the dire threat written on its cover
not to be
Without casting any image in the mirror
reflections on Boris,'we bet the is more attractive than he I
opened-ever
"Death! Eternal puniskme-nt for anyone who opens this casket. In the name of Amon Ra, King of the Gods" reads the ominous warning, signed by Pharaoh Amenophis. Sir Joseph is annoyed. "I recognize your mastery of the occult sciences." he states, "still I cannot permit your beliefs to interfere with my work." Young Norton chimes in: "Come, Dr. Muller, surely a few thousand years in the earth can take the mumbo-jumbo off any old curse?" Dr. Muller is disgusted by Norton's youthful ignorance. "Tscka. I cannot speak before a child!" he groans. "Come out under the stars of Egypt ..." And as he departs in anger, his last words are "Do not touch that
:
::^1
casket!" But Sir Joseph and his assistant cannot help speculating about their enormous find. They have reason to believe they may have discovered the Scroll of Thoth itself, the great
MuMMr, My TuMMV
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Ws
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"Now
in
"and thon
we'll
THE
MUMMY'S GOOSE."
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MUMMY
^j^^H
.^^:^
^'^*^|
"No
sacrifice
is
Handy Mummy.
apell
by which
from the
dead.
Alone that night, Norton can control his impatience no longer. The ancient gods of Egypt still live in these hills, roam the sacred temples? The spells of the past are weaker but some still potent? He dismisses Dr. MuIIer's beliefs as superstition, decides to risk opening the forbidden box.
Inside,
chill
Noted Egyptologist Walter J. Daugherty reported at the time "This is the top screen I have ever had, this heart-stopping
:
served
Norton
makes an exciting
dis-
covery: it is indeed the formula for bringing the dead back to life. He muses over it aloud, repeating the all-powerful words of re-birth.
Mummy comes to life." San Francisco newspaper reporter ob"Children whooped and hollered at the opening night performance." (The teenage sons and daughters of those chilled children of 1932 are no doubt holding this magazine in their hands right now!) "The picture's thrills are strong enough to satisfy the most exacting juvenile critics and its plot
moment when The
And
Ankh-Amen
for adults."
curse are
more than
life
returns
mummy
The mummy's hand, in the case nearby, moves about the length of an ant. It is not a
large move, to be sure, but it is a terrifyingiy significant one, for it is the first sign of for 3700 years! the A finger stirs a fraction of an inch and a fed grains of dust trickle down the rotted
life in
meanwhile, back
at the
tomb
wrappings.
they open
Young Norton ages into old Norton in a horror-padted half-second as he glances up to find the Living Mummy at his side, hand outstretched, saying, "Good evening, my
iTsTANAlfoFliMfAWif!
is
just
wee
bit
too hot.
chill
into it."
name's Im-ho-tep; couJd you direct me to the nearest pyramid?" Well, the dialogue didn't run exactly like that (and, after all, an editor's memory can be forgiven for getting hazy after 27 years) but Norton really did go off his rocker when Karloff shuffled out of his upright coffiin and over to the table. The shock was so great that Norton burst into hysterical laughter. His mind snapped at the unbelievable sight, and he died some time later, still laughing maniacly. Years pass. Young Frank, son of Sir Joseph Whemple, follows in his Father's footsteps, footsteps which inevitably lead him to Egypt and a discovery of his own: the tomb of the Princess Anck-es-en-amon. Dr. Muller is still alive, and currently is treating a beautiful young woman of EnglishEgyptian parentage, Helen Grosvenor, for
ho-tep.
.tihe comes to but stares unand mutters: "Im-ho-tep Snofru Nebmaet IbUdi Hosapti Frank does not recognize the language.
"What tongue
Sir Joseph
is
is
visibly shaken.
He
replies
"The language of ancient Egypt, not heard on this earth |or two thousand years and the name of a man unspoken since before the
some mysterious mental illness. The agmg Sir Joseph is now head of the Cairo Museum, and one evening at closing time addresses a guest who is lingering over
the glass-protected mummy-ease of the newly arrived Princes Anck-es-en-amon. "Excuse me," replies the museum visitor in a strange accent, his deeply wrinkled leathery skin almost mask-like, "I had not noticed the passage of time." Then, recognizing Sir Joseph: "You may have forgotten, but we
siege of Troy!" Just then. Dr. Muller arrives. He takes Sir Joseph aside and they have a private discusMuller confronts Whemple with the knowledge that he knows that the Princess mummy newly added to the museum is the same Anck-es-en-amon whom Im-ho-tep tried ZIOO years ago to raise from the dead and for that reason was condemned to death himself. At that moment the phone rings and Sir Joseph learns:
sion.
'
have met before. My name is Ardath Bey." Sir Joseph remembers Bey alright: it was he who had appeared out of nowhere years ago, right after Im-ho-tep disappeared, and volunteered information leading to the discovery of the Princess' burial place. Sir Joseph is about to lay a friendly arm of
remembrance on Bey when the Egyptian shudders slightly and steps back, excusing himself: "I dislike to be touched." Ardath Bey departs down a corridor. Sir Joseph locks up for the night and joins his son who is waiting in a car outside. As they are about to drive away
The cause of death is diagnosed as shock! And there is another shock in store for Sir Joseph and Dr. Muller when, on the scene of the strange death, an overlooked parchment is found. As Dr. Muller recognizes the document, his face pales and freezes with horror. "It is the Scroll of Thoth!" he stammers. During the absence of Dr. Muller and his Father, Frank Whemple has been getting acquainted with the revived Miss Grosvenor. She laughs when he tells her there is something about her that reminds him of the mummy of the Princess he discovered in the Valley of the Queens, the one now on display
in the museum. She dismisses the coincidence lightly with, "Probably imagination and racial likeness,"
women
up
of mystery
(Helen Grosvenor) rushes
A young woman
to the museum doors and vainly seeks entry. Frank Whemple goes to see what she A-antt. She faints at his touch and he rushes
Frank Rska her why she is a patient of Dr. Helen confesses she doesn't quite know, except that she has felt strangely drawn to the museum and he has been trying to And out why. Frank has never believed in love at first sight, but he finds himself incredibly attracted to this strange young women, and she seems to feel something for him in return.
Muller's.
reenish,
inltc
rifullko, torrifyina HkntlMi of fomouj Khoril, coysred with bandageii Loti of tun ert pnrtiei, onywhara, tha Muirnny Maid Wf the foce and hand. Con ba rolled up and eorrled in pockal. Earie nd laalh and blua^graen aye lockah make thij lh moif riliitlc ny nio)k avar leen owoy from Egypt Mode juit tor
I
AT LAST
MASK
aarie
borhood
anclois Iwo dinky green old dollori for o genuine of Iha type ud in Hollywaod. Uiat ihriaking will ba ME ihouring for JOY when tha poi
ifying
MUMMY
my
MUMMY
dalivan
MASKI
zach
IS
back
and
got
hinir
1;M^''
'^
'Krf
"Ha, the
mad
fools,
they doubted
I'd
in
my
careerl"
GREETINGS!
in
the Transylvanlan
Navyl
zacherly!
The name rhymes with "hack her knee," and that's just what Zach is liable to do to
she doesn't behave bad enough to suit him. He might even sic Gasport on her, the unseen monster that he keeps confined in a potato sack. (Potatoes, as you know, have eyes and it is rumored that the creature in Zach's sack is actually a giant mutant potato-bug with a million eyes! Why else would Isobel reply "that bugs me" when he tells her to "hit the sack"?)
his television wife, Isobel, if
!
greatest since
drac
and they are legion proclaiming their TV leader the coolghoul since Bela Lugosi began quenching his thirst with hot Eviltine. In his previous incarnation, when he was known as Host Roland, Zacherley took, fiendish delight in searing the nite-lites out of Philadelphia-fans of SHOCK. Then he temporarily disappeared from the Pennsylvania telecasting area and during his absence a spy for FAMOUS MONSTERS reported him as seen "vacationing" in Transylvania, where he is known to have been the castle-guest of a certain distinguished Count of a very old blood-line.
are
"Whcii
I
cii-e
my
beaker?
ordered scorpions!"
est
SHOCK
r^lHH ^iIkI^^I
^^^y
/
bi
jekyll
built for
two
off as
.^HE(H.
ll^m^^l ^^^^
""
^L
Hyde-like,
man
via
and returned as another! But his fame preceded him from Philly to New York,
station WABC-TV, proving the old Shakespearean adage that, in this Ad Age, "a rogue by any other name will sell," and the Zacherley fans are certainly sold on their horror hero. They just feel sorry for the rest of the country that there's only one Zacherley yet but and he hasn't gone network they're working on it. The Philadelphia area alone boasted 800 fan clubs for Zach; his New York adorers are bound to boost the figure to at least twice that.
one
^^BlMiif
S^^l
^^^^1 ^^^^^^^^^^!S
monster mail
daily
The monstrous amount of mail that Zacherley receives rivals the sacks that arrive (and nitely) at the offices of for
FM
Dr. Acula. By special arrangement with the Dead Letter Office, we bring you excerpts from Zacheriey's corpse-spondence
"I am writing this letter to bring to your attention one of Transylvania's fastest growing hobbies, raising maggots for fun and
profit." Mr. TK, Rego Park, NY. "I must commend you on your medical knowledge. Old (Transylvania Medical University) certainly teaches its students well for you to cut up a brain like an expert. I was quite a cut-up myself, till the age of 3, when my Mother took away my scissors because she thought the voodoo dolls were
TMU
Well, that ain't ex-Zacherley the nearest BE NEAT sign we ever teen. But what can you expect vrhen you buy from a Beastnlk in Greenwitch Vlllose?
beginning to look uncomfortably like my kinder-guardian teacher."Mr. WS, Woodside, N.Y. "Who is the barber who gives you your sensational gruecuts?" DZ, Perth Amboy, NJ. "Roses are red Cabbage is green Your head is shaned Like a washing machine." Mr. PH, Vampire Unit 357V2, Brooklyn. NY. "I profited from your instructions on how to wrap a mummy. Looking forward to next Armistice Day, would you please demonstrate how to wrap a poppy?" LB, Westfield, NJ. "Zach, you thrill be to the very marrow I would have written this testimony in blood but I was thirsty." VA, Chatham, NJ.
is
(in this
case a black
coffin)
zach's
own
fiend club
Eleven days after he invited his fans to join a creepy club created just for them, he had 13,800 memberships! When he invited cardholders to come to the Studio to meet him in person, he anticipated a top of perhaps 2000 but traffic was blocked for miles around the station when approximately 13,000 boys, girls and grownups turned up for the occasion in everything from skates to Cadillacs! The Zacherley National Anthem ("Dinner with Drac," a recording of which he has sold over 250,000 copies) was played, and thereafter he gave a lecture on Tranaylvanian Terms for the Tourist, handy little phrases to have at one's fang-tips such as
"Oily to bed and oily to rise makes Donovan's Brain super wise," says Zach.
life this
zach's facts
"the akull of
Aunt quick
my
is in
There is no truth to the rumor that in real great Master of Scarymonies is really Zacherley Scott, the movie actor. He's a 40year-old Pennsylvania-bom bachelor who served in World War II as a captain in the Quartermaster Corps. He saw service in England, Italy and North Africa plenty of
real horror.
and 3 hairs apiece would be apprefrom every Tom, Dick and Hairy who could spare them, some 23,000 letters were
ciated
received
a new world's record in hair-mail At last count Mrs. Zacherley had 68,997 hairs but then she sneezed on them and had to
start counting all over again.
One bit of advice to Anxious Parents: if you don't want your child to grow up to be a (rich famous successful) Monster of Ceremonies like Zacherley, better let him or her see all the monster movies now. For Zacherley has one amazing revelation of his youth "When I was a youngster my Mother never let me see horror pictures!"
Vj
he'll sic
'-' Bram Stoker's blood-thirsty b-' it is nnlikolv that bo oven s: STEIN or when no was a cniin, as children in England (tbe land of bis birtb)
nRACn.A
rURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
OF DRACn.A
I
anti thon portrayinp the vampiric Count in HORROR within tht snare of 12
lecome
HE
Monster Frankenstein departs from the usual custom of reading instead. What a screwy stunt to PLUG o picture I
In
interesting
ancestry
Born of English- Italian parents, Lee claims to be able to trace his family line as far back as the Borgias If you recall your history, these folks were a frightfully bloody lot. You might say Lee is now making a profession of portraying a "twisted limb" on the family tree. His latest role is that of a grave-robber in THE DOCTOR 7 DIALS. The doctor is played by none other than the Horror King himself, Karloff. As Boris' body-snatching assistant, Chris Lee is grotesque and ghoulish, with a pock-marked face that is anything but a pretty sight. Oddly enough, his fans love him. After portraying Count Dracula as a lonely and tragic figure, he began to receive reams of romantic fan mail. It poured in like rain on the roof of a haunted house. You would almost have thought Rudolph Valentino had been resurrected. Speaking of rebirths, Lee plays Resurrection Joe in THE DOCTOR 7 DIALS.
FROM
The
Man Behind
FROM
Mr
Christopher Lee.
from hero
to horror
Or, from real horror to reel horror. For Chris Lee was in World War 2. He flew danger-fraught skies as a fighter pilot. But his head was never quite so much in the skies as the day he learned he had landed the coveted role of the Creature in THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, first Frankenstein
Dracu-Lee carries off Valerie Gaunt, who fainted after reading one of his booics bound in bat skin, it seems the bat was still alive.
made
in color.
was up and off to the Studio dawn, to endure 4 hours of disfigurement at the skilled hands of the
After that, it at the crack of
makeup artist, that turned him from handsome man into horrible monster. "No wonder Franky was cranky when his maker finished putting him together," Lee once said. "I could understand exactly how he felt and sympathize with him."
evil," Mr. Lee hastens admirers. "It's just a job, I enjoy doing, but I don't 'take my me,' .so to speak." should hope not! Home to Mr. Lee is, according to a lucky girl named Sarah Stoddart who's been there, "a well-furnished lair in a lush London flat." In the privacy of his own home, unlike the average Englishman th^ very unaverage Mr. Lee sometimes sports red sox. (Or were they originally white and took on their crimson
to assure his
FM
which
We
you-know-what from
in the 4-hour-iong process of turning Chris Lee into Frank Lee A. Monster. for his role In THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
The
fan living In England got to be the guest of the new Pracula at a dinner date. To win this honor he (or maybe it turned out to be a she) had only to answer a dozen questions onfilms as THE CREA-
FORBIDDEN
EXPERIMENT
CREEPING UNKNOWN), questions which any alert reader of FAMOUS MONSTERS could have easily answered with one tentacle
tied behind his back. The contest was sponsored by a long established national weekly periodical. Unfortunately the time limit expired before any American reader could submit an entry, otherwise some reader might have dined with Bela Lugosi's auc-
not
full time,
not in real
Irfe."
And do you know, all kidding aside, he's right? In a quarter of a century or more since Franky and Dracula started cutting up the countryside, plenty of juvenile and grownup
delinquents have made disgraceful front page news, but FRANKENSTEIN & DRACULA have always stayed within the confines where they belong, the movie ads section of the newspaper. Lee concludes; "Horror is pure escapism and rattling good entertainment if directed with skill and polish."
FM
will
be Christopher Lee's next horror film. In case you're not familiar with the title, it's a shocking story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes and wrote LOST long before anybody but your editor was bom.
WORLD
THE
After that, who knows? THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI ? SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN? RETURN OF THE MUMMY? Or, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS DRACULA
LAST CHANCE
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WOW!! Nfw Vice Presidents by the hundreds have Joined the FAMOUS MONSTERS since the last issue! We've been so swamped with ads and personal notes from our members Dr, Acula has been forced to earmark 5 full pages next issue for a complete section on the ads you've sent in to us! Ixxik for this exclusive section in the very next issue of
CLUB
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"Jewels" Verne, gentleman on the right, attempts tempt the Man Aging Editor of FAMOUS MONSTERS, Phyllis Farkos isn't falling for any old clang's pearls, sh;,' prefers the clammy pearls of whixzdom in the magazine which is being so avidly perused by her old skull-mate.
i
Monster Club Vice President Peter Specker as seen in normal dress (left), and In makeup as a human (right). That human-type
make-up
is
pretty realistici
MoN^TeR Club
MEMBERS
ALA.
JIMMY BELDERES
JOHN KOEPKE
CHARLIE BITNER
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JOHN R. MI2E
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JON MOLIN
DAVID STRICKLAND
entrusted him lost issue witti the job of writing photo captions and (as scores of you Monsters with the Eogle Eyes were quick to point out to us) he fumbled on p. 4 by repeating the caption from the inside front cover. The photo, repeated above, was actually o scene from NIGHT OF THE BLOOD-BEAST, and what it should have said underneoth was: "Oh, please take my picturel" begs the Corpuscle Creature. "If you do, I might get my face published in FAMOUS MONSTERS and be fomous over nite!" The girl seems doubtful. "Thafs a face? Anyway, getting your foto printed in such an important magazine wouldn't be a snapl"
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Dr. Muller and Sir Joseph return to Frank and Helen, and the doctor pieces together bits of fact
foto.
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He
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Princess Anck-es-en-amon, was in the Princess' room in the museum shortly before the guard was found dead there more than coincidence to Dr. Muller. In short, Dr. Muller believes Ardath Bey was the cause of the guard's death, had the Scroll but lost it while fleeing.
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Dr. Muller adds: "Do you think conceivable that the mummy was not stolen but restored to a semblance of life by the spell from the Scroll of Bey's face bursts into hate and rage. He snatches the foto, tears it in two. "The scroll is rightfully
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somewhere." The Egyptian points his right hand at Sir Joseph. Lig^t gleams from a ring-of-power on his middle finger. Sir Joseph collapses in a
chair.
the scholl, Whemple; it was thru you that this horror came into existence destroy it at once !" Sir Joseph dazedly agrees as
Muller leaves.
tep,
But the sinister soul of Im-howhich had survived thru 37 hundred agonizing years, was not
to be deprived of salvation by a slender match in the weak hands of an old man. In the inner court of his house, moving waters in a pool
The crux of this belief is Ardath Bey and Im-ko-tep are one and the
:
mummy
Father
Frank
horrified.
is
shocked,
his
Dr. Muller breaks the spell, declaring: "We had foreseen this! The Scroll of Thoth is in safe hands and will be destroyed the moment it is known that harm has come to us."
FURTHER SHOCKS
Startingly, the voice of Ardath is heard in the next room, and the 3 men go there to find him in con-
Ardath, whom they now know to be the revived Im-ho-tep, speaks slowly. "You have studied our an-
who almost appears to be in a trance. Dr. Muller takes command of the situation, urging Frank to take Helen home. When the doctor and Sir Joseph are alone with Ardath Bey, Muller springs a surprise on the Egyptian, showing him a certain
versation with Helen,
You know that you cannot harm me you know also that you must restore that scroll to me
cient arts.
or
die. Muller, tell that weak fool to get that scroll, wherever it is, and hand it to his Nubian servant "Ah, yes, the Nubian," Muller
clouded and assumed changing shapes at his will; and beside this pool Im-ho-tep knelt, saw Sir Joseph bend toward the fireplace, about to set fire to the scroll. His face aflame with fury, the Mummy flung out his arms over the pool and chanted the weird words of a death spell well known to this one time High Priest at the Temple of the Sun in ancient Kamak. And Sir Joseph died silently.
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Im-ho-tep has decided that Helen Groavenor is the reincarnation of the Princess he haa loved thru the centuries, and must be soully his. He sends forth an irresistible mental call that brings Helen to his side, and explains to her: "Anck-es-en-amon, of the House of the Hawk Kings, my love has lasted longer than the temples of our gods. No man ever suffered as I suffered for you. But you may not know the rest not until you are about to pass thru the great night of terror and triumph until you are ready to face moments of horror for an eternity of love until I send back your spirit that has wondered thru so many forms and 30 many ages. But before then, Bast the Cat Goddeas must again send forth deathdeath for Frank
and
read the great gpell with which brought back Osiris from the Thou shalt rise again "No, no!" screams the terrified "I'm alive, I'm young, i won't I loved you once, but now you belong with the dead. I'm Anck-esen-amon, but I'm alive in a young fresh body; I'm someone else in a strange new world, and I wan to
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Im-ho-tep, knife raised to plunge it into Helen, is frozen in terror as the right arm of the idol slowly moves! Isis offers to Helen the crux ansata, the all-powerful symbol of
Whemple, who would steal your love from me!" THE PAST LIVES AGAIN
Im-ho-tep spirits Helen to the
museum, there clothes her and himself in the ancient temple garments and intones a spell from a scroll whose edges flicker with phantom flames. In a magic mirror Helen sees herself as the Princess she was nearly 4000 years ago when she
SiImdI Bf Applied Hypnalasr
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Eternal Life. And to Im-ho-tep, who sought to life of her priestess, lais death! A jagged bolt of blinding light leaps forth from the goddess, striking the Mummy and disintegrating him. Im-ho-tep \r no more. Ah, yes, Im-ho-tep Was no more but there was Kharis. He was first heard of 8 years later, in 1940, when Universal made THE
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look upon the mummy of the Princess, the shell which her own soul once inhabited. She recoils in horror as Im-ho-tep explains: "I could return it to life now but it would be a mere thing that moved
at
of ancient Egypt who was buried alive because he angered the gods by stealing the Leaves of Life, the
my
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I
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forbidden tana leaves. For 300C years Kharis lives on. He protects the tomb of his beloved Ananka, ready to bring death to
was thy
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Come,
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John Carraplayed Youssef Bey in this Kharis, although he died 2 pictures a(?o, is mysteriously back in this one. hale (?) and heartv (?) and stili madly in love with the unliving mummy of Princess Ananka, whose soul is currently reincarnated as Amina Mansori, Miss Mansori unfortunately comes to a sorry end when she is carried into swamp waters by Kharis, and her body turns to dust, thus turning her into one of those Instant Mud Pies you've heard so much about.
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By now the Mummy was being wrapped in tin foil to keep him fresh and ready for use. Within 12 months Kharis (again Lon Chaney, Jr.) was back on the job. In THE' MUMMY'S CURSE, Kharis and the Princess Ananka are accidentally dug up out of the bayous. Dr. Hzor Zandaab, who is actually an
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